§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will issue a statement showing each item of food entering from the Empire upon which taxation exists at the present moment, and the amount of revenue per annum that is raised from it in the last financial year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEThe last financial year for which figures are at2406W present available is 1929–30, and I would refer the hon. and gallant Member to Table 6 of the 21st report of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs and Excise for that year (Command Paper No. 3651), which shows for all articles (including foodstuffs) liable to duty the quantities or values consigned from the Empire and delivered for home consumption at the preferential rate of duty during 1929–30 and the net amount of duty received therefrom.